Palawan Massacre, Philippines, 1944
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Name (Latin)
Palawan Massacre, Philippines, 1944
See Also From tracing topical name
Massacres Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities Philippines
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Wikidata:
Q7126934
Library of congress:
sh2004006412
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 2004018233: Wilbanks, B. Last man out, 2004:CIP t.p. (Palawan Massacre in World War II) data sheet (139 of 150 American POWs massacred by the Japanese)
- PBS' American experience WWW Home page, Aug. 4, 2004:(on Dec. 14, 1944, Japanese soldiers forced 150 American prisoners of war at a compound on Palawan into an air-raid shelter, doused them with gasoline, and threw in a match)
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Wikipedia description:
The Palawan massacre occurred on 14 December 1944, during World War II, near the city of Puerto Princesa in the Philippine island of Palawan. Allied soldiers, imprisoned near the city, were killed by Imperial Japanese soldiers. Only eleven men managed to survive, while 139 were killed.
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